GRE Word List
PROPONENT
one who argues in favor of something : advocate
The meaning of the word proponent is one who argues in favor of something : advocate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |